Method of making a twist-on wire connector

Abstract

A twist-on wire connector containing a mass of a cohering gel in a gel state therein for forming a protective covering over a wire connection in the twist-on wire connector with the gel thereon removal from the twist-on wire connector and peelable from the wire connection to enable one to quickly form a further wire connection without having to wipe off the wire connection.

1. A method of making a twist-on wire connector carrying a mass of cohering gel comprising;
 forming an electrically insulated housing having an end wall and a sidewall defining a chamber having an open end and a closed end; 
 securing a spiral thread having a wire cavity in the electrically insulated housing; 
 pouring an uncured gel in a non-curing liquid form onto the wire cavity while the wire cavity is in an upright condition to retain the uncured gel in the wire cavity; and 
 initiating an insitu curing of the uncured gel in the wire cavity to form a mass of a peelable cohering gel in a gel state in the wire cavity. 
 
   
   
     2. The method of  claim 1  including the step of placing an end cap over the insulated housing. 
   
   
     3. The method of  claim 1  including the step of forming a protective electrical covering by placing a set of wire ends in the twist-on wire connector with the mass of cohering gel and rotating the twist-on wire connector to bring the ends of the wires into electrical contact in the presence of the mass of cohering gel. 
   
   
     4. The method of  claim 3  including the step of removing the wire ends from the spiral thread. 
   
   
     5. The method of  claim 4  including the step of removing the mass of cohering gel from the wire ends that have been removed from the spiral thread by peeling the mass of cohering gel away from the wire ends. 
   
   
     6. The method of  claim 5  wherein the mass of cohering gel is pulled away in chunks from the wire ends to provide the wire ends in a clean condition without having to wipe the wire ends. 
   
   
     7. The method of  claim 6  wherein at least one of the wire ends in the clean condition is formed into an electrical connection without further cleaning of the wire ends. 
   
   
     8. A method of making a twist-on wire connector carrying a mass of cohering gel comprising:
 forming an electrically insulated housing having an end wall and a sidewall defining a chamber having an open end and a closed end; 
 securing a spiral thread having a wire cavity in the electrically insulated housing; 
 placing an uncured gel in a non-curing liquid form in the wire cavity; and 
 initiating an insitu curing of the uncured gel in the wire cavity to form a peelable mass of cohering gel in a gel state in the wire cavity before engaging a wire end with the spiral thread. 
 
   
   
     9. The method of  claim 8  wherein an electrically insulating gel is placed in the wire cavity.